Yes,
Our car "policy" or "politics" is quite interesting.
We can not import second hand cars to Turkey even we pay the needed tax. Sure exluding rare exceptional situations, like workers living outboard for a along time etc...
This law is "because" to protect the local car producers.
We have a really "tough" custom - border rules.
Once; I paid ~20€ punishment, because I had a 3-5liters of whiskey, which was exceeded the limit of 1lt/person, when we were 2 adults in the car. I even cant imagine to put some engine parts from Germany or Greece to Turkey... :)
Yes we have many / plenty of classic cars here..
But I havent seen a W123 taxi for many years..
Did you also visit House of Holy Virgin Mary's, very near to Ephesus?
PS : I have started to write my toughts and experiments about Jaguar Turkey or Jaguar center problem and neglentance to web..
They should produce (or use) high quality crankshafts.. Even at S type 2.7d diesels..
IMO S type diesel engines have problem at crankshafts.
And Jaguar S type 2.7d diesel engines have manufacturing defects.
The newer crankshafts are somewhat different than the older types.